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Jeff Samardzjia/Michael Ynoa Traded to the White Sox For Semien, Bassitt, Phegley & Ravelo
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WCTYSON
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I have been on board with the other moves that the A's have done but this is puzzling to me. Help me JP you are my only hope.
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I got nothin' for ya.
WCTYSON
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All is lost for the A's fans, lost in the dark side.
Pine Tar
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My take
Samardzjia would want a extension from the A's, and way more then the A's would go for him. So they decided to just trade him away, and get some re-tooling players and see if they can land starting pitching once John Lester signs with the Cubs.
Then all the other free agent pitchers will fell into place on teams that are waiting for the big money to be throw away.
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Samardzjia would want a extension from the A's, and way more then the A's would go for him. So they decided to just trade him away, and get some re-tooling players and see if they can land starting pitching once John Lester signs with the Cubs.
Then all the other free agent pitchers will fell into place on teams that are waiting for the big money to be throw away. [h=2][/h]
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Said the same thing in 2012 when they sold off their entire pitching rotation. They won the AL West that year.
Every preseason fans are scratching their heads and screaming "he's an idiot, what is he doing, we have no chance". Every year he refuses to make the obvious moves. Every year the A's are competitive with a lineup that makes no sense. Every year, half way through the year the same people calling him an idiot are chanting "in Beane we trust". Every year Beane puts together a team that is so much fun to watch. Every. Year.
Do I get these moves? Nope! Does he? Yup, and that's all that matters. He has a plan and because of his plans the A's have been one of the most consistently successful teams since Beane has come along. He knows what he's doing. He is infuriatingly brilliant, the only obnoxious facet of this at the point are the fans pretending like they didn't see this coming. I don't get by now why people won't just let it play out and see where he goes with it.
Every preseason fans are scratching their heads and screaming "he's an idiot, what is he doing, we have no chance". Every year he refuses to make the obvious moves. Every year the A's are competitive with a lineup that makes no sense. Every year, half way through the year the same people calling him an idiot are chanting "in Beane we trust". Every year Beane puts together a team that is so much fun to watch. Every. Year.
Do I get these moves? Nope! Does he? Yup, and that's all that matters. He has a plan and because of his plans the A's have been one of the most consistently successful teams since Beane has come along. He knows what he's doing. He is infuriatingly brilliant, the only obnoxious facet of this at the point are the fans pretending like they didn't see this coming. I don't get by now why people won't just let it play out and see where he goes with it.
BBCgalaxee
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Hard to believe Ynoa turns 17 years old next season!
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WCTYSON
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I agree completely but I usually work through a trade and try to evaluate it. With his other moves, they may not be popular sentiment but they seem to always have reasoning behind them. To me, this has been the case with his moves this off season except this one. For the life of me, I just can not work it out. I am just not seeing any value from the Shark return. They had to be able to get better package from another team and failed to do so.
aarne13
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The players BB picked up in this deal are not fillers by any means. From what I have read they are solid players. Not high profile prospects but players that could be MLB regulars. Keep in mind that league avg players have plenty of value. The loss of (1 year of Shark + an injured Moss) shouldn't make or break the team.
nappyd
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That and they're written off as having no chance of making the playoffs each year but somehow seem to make it in.
maxe0213
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Phegly - likely back up catcher
Seimen - did you watch him play last year? Pathetic
Bassett - could be okay.
Last guy throw in.
This was an AWFUL trade. Between this trade and Fister why are big pitchers getting traded for pennies?!
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Exactly. Also once Moss was gone the butler signing finally made sense. He already knew he was cashing in on a 31 year old that two years prior was a non-factor that just had surgery and (assuming) because of that injury had a terrible second half - but garnered more because he had an All Star tag. That trade probably made the most sense of all of them to me.
That said, I'm going to miss Moss, I loved that guy.
The question is now, do kazmir and doolittle join the exodus? I thought kazmir would have been the first to go because of his awesome turn around year.
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Trust me when I say, Rangel Ravelo was no throw-in.
gogosox40
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Ravelo is a great player. I love this trade as a White Sox fan because I could care less about Semien and Phegley but Ravelo is a player I was watching.
